I have had several posts before about antibiotic resistance and now there's more research into it. This time the research focuses on the urine of cattle. That's right, bovine pee! Read the article and see what kind of research these scientists are doing?
What's your opinion of having 80% of all antibiotics in the United States being given to livestock? Comment on the research and what they could do to expand. What else could they study to learn more about antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Showing posts with label antibiotic resistance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antibiotic resistance. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Antiobiotics - less use on farms?
This article in Scientific American goes along with the series of links I blogged about earlier about antibiotic resistance and what is being done to combat this medical issue. It seems that the FDA is limiting the usage of antibiotics that can be used on farms.
In industrial farming, antimicrobials are commonly given to farm animals to treat infections, and prophylactically to prevent disease or spur growth. But there is growing concern that excessive use on farms is helping to breed antibiotic-resistant microbes, from Salmonella to Escherichia coli, which are harder to treat when they infect people.
The new rules, to come into effect on April 5, restrict veterinary surgeons to using the two cephalosporin drugs specifically approved for food-producing animals -- ceftiofur and cephapirin -- and ban prophylactic use.
What do you think of this new policy? Is this going to be a positive for human health or will it cause more problems? What issues could this pose to the farms that use antibiotics on a regular basis?
In industrial farming, antimicrobials are commonly given to farm animals to treat infections, and prophylactically to prevent disease or spur growth. But there is growing concern that excessive use on farms is helping to breed antibiotic-resistant microbes, from Salmonella to Escherichia coli, which are harder to treat when they infect people.
The new rules, to come into effect on April 5, restrict veterinary surgeons to using the two cephalosporin drugs specifically approved for food-producing animals -- ceftiofur and cephapirin -- and ban prophylactic use.
What do you think of this new policy? Is this going to be a positive for human health or will it cause more problems? What issues could this pose to the farms that use antibiotics on a regular basis?
Monday, August 15, 2011
Organic farming - better for antibiotic resistance
It seems that going organic cuts poultry farms superbug (antibiotic resistance) issues. The resistance drop was very fast, in as little as a year. Read the abstract here.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
New case of antibiotic resistance
This MSNBC article shows a new case of antibiotic resistance. Where will the medical profession turn when there are bacteria that cannot be killed by any antibiotics?
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